Learning. Joining me now, the board of education, mark sanchez. Mark, how are you . Thanks for joining us. Im good. How are you doing . Good. Thank you. I know its been a long, tough debate for your district. Tell me what was the deciding factor to go Distance Learning . Ve seen throughout the it is not optimal. The science informs us in San Francisco, even if we wanted to go back to inperson learning, we wouldnt be able to because of the Health Departments order. So we are looking at the science. And we are also looking at Distance Learning. Sorry. I had laptop on. So i was hearing you. But i want to ask, you though. I know you had considered a hybrid model, right . Where youd have cohort groups so everybody didnt have to be on campus, at the same time. Ultimately, why did you reject that . Is there just not enough space . No. Just the science shows us that we cannot. There is still a Health Department order not to go back to school. So we couldnt, even if we wanted to. Even if all ou
At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore
Barr. Why he agreed to leave and what the president says about his role in all of it. Parents angered over how their sons heartwarming video was doctored with the president posting it online. We were appalled and disgusted to see it be used in that manner. What theyre saying this morning. And sports struggle. Major League Baseball halting Training Camps for deep cleaning. Its a very big deal. Players testing positive in the nfl and pga. The latest on the state of play. Good morning. We are starting things off with some breaking news. Deadly gun violence in minneapolis overnight. Multiple people shot. Police responding to a number of 911 calls. When they got there, they found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. Ambulances arriving to take those people to the hospital. At least 12 people were shot, one person was killed. Police have interviewed a number of witnesses and are now collecting videos taken as they were trying to piece together how this unfolded. Another big headline
Week. But here in california, we have filed a more than 7 million claims for unemployment that happened since the pandemic began and paid out just last week alone 3. 7 billion in Unemployment Benefits and thats more than 3 billion more than the worst week of the last great recession. So as you can see, there is a massive demand for this type of until assistance. So is the volume that you are getting, you are having the process going down at all . You know, the volume continues to be quite high. We are still getting a couple hundred,000 claims each week. However, what we are able to to do is we are now able to expand our capacity. As you know when this hit, it was like an overnight perfect storm. Right. So it was hitting at a time of record low up employment. We have low staffing, low funding. Now we have more funding. We are in a mass expedited hiring effort, where we have hired or at least extended considerable job offers to more than 4,300 people to come on board and help us here at
And securing the blefg of liberty blessings of liberty for all americans has taken a long and bumpy road and we still have a lot further to go. It starts with that one step. But at this moment the country and the world are demanding we pick up the stride. Lets follow iowas lead. Lets come together and take meaningful action. And to be clear, the passage of a single bill is not going to suddenly reverse centuries of injustice. Passing laws are a simple part. If we really want to change behavior, we need to commit ourselves to changing our hear hearts. The best way that we can personally commemorate the life of george floyd and the many others before him who lost their lives or suffered injustice is to open our own hearts. Chaplain black summed up the solution best when he quoted to me mark 12 31. Love your neighbor as yourself. Its both that simple and that challenging. So im asking all of us in this body to be more like iowa. Lets find a solution. Lets take that first step and begin ou